Help On Upgrading

[LucasG]

Well, you can see my current machine in my signature. I got a few bucks, around $1,3xx and I want to upgrade it to run the latest games at max without any lag problems.

I am looking in stores like CompUSA, CircuitCity, etc. I'm going to McAllen through Mexico. Don't worry, I'm legal with USA Visa. And I'm not Mexican.

Any suggestions? What should I upgrade? Video Card and Processor are a must. What about the mobo and ram? Of what I know my mobo only runs ddr, should I get ddr2?

Anyways, for example, if I go to McAllen and I am at a hotel, can I order something like this to get it shipped there?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143063
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103544

Edit: Damn, this should go on hardware forum, sorry. I didn't see I was posting on video cards.

Regards.

 

[Chernobyl1]

Your CPU is pretty good for the job if clocked a bit higher.
I would only upgrade the CPU to Intels Conroe if you really need more CPU power or dual core.

Get yourself a top end graphics card as this will give you the most immediate benefit.
The card can be used on any new system you get later.
Save the money you dont spend to upgrade to Conroe later (or AM2/3 if it improves).
Clock that CPU, it should be good for 2.6GHz +

1GB Ram is fine for most things but 2GB is required for absolutely no isses.
DDR2 doesnt net you much, if any performance benefit over DDR unless you use high memory clocks.
An extra 1GB of DDR isnt expensive.
It is however expensive to upgrade the Motherboard, CPU and Ram right now. I'd wait a bit before any upgrade like that as prices will drop a fair bit and the bugs will be ironed out

Of course if you must spend the money, get a X1900XT/XTX and a Conroe with 2GB of ram.

 

[nooh]

Man ,you have got it going.

What a choice , flawless.When are you going to buy these ?

Wait another 20 days , let the price wars kick in, and if you buy the toledo core cpu buy the one which is the lowest in there range.

I am waiting for the same core to go down and i think after this weeks speculation and the stress amd is going through these babies will also go down.